The Union government has the legislative competence to regulate online gaming, according to the Centre's response to a petition challenging the validity of the IT rules. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology stated that the central government has the authority to enact laws on online gaming. The petition argued that the rules exceeded the Centre's legislative competence as gambling and betting fall under the powers of the states.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-has-right-to-regulate-online-gaming-hc-told-101700508680688.html